Monday got a text from the dentist reminding me of an appointment on Wednesday. Which seemed vaguely odd because the last visit wasn't very long ago, I didn't think. Woke up this morning in some anxiety about getting there in time, looked back at my phone, and the appointment was for Wednesday, February 16. What is the possible use of a reminder for an appointment four months away? Who does that???
Anyway if I seem unusually quarrelsome today, maybe you can chalk it up to that and forgive me.
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| My dentist is actually a very gentle and conversible Iranian, not this kind of dentist. |
Scarcity mentality
"Oh," say some of my friends, "what's with this scarcity mentality?" This is one reason.
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
Somehow we still don't have enough to cover the actual needs of our human population and the theoretical needs of our defense establishment. Why is that?
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
Eisenhower's sense, translated into Marxian terms, was that the labor in missile production didn't add up to much of any value, but rather subtracted the value that could have been created if that labor was applied to something useful, like food.
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
There really *is* scarcity in our world, national, local economies, not so much because government doesn't print enough money as because it prints too much for spending on things that really don't have any value.
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
Republicans get both sides of the argument because "Reagan proved deficits don't matter". They'll turn from neoliberal austerity on a dime and add $6 trillion to last year's deficit without a qualm. Nothing I say will flummox them, does that mean I can't make any argument at all?
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
Not for Jeff Bezos or the US military, but for working and poor people here and all over the rest of the world. There really can't be enough money to accommodate both.
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 12, 2021
There really is a connection, nothing can convince me otherwise: the nice programs will never be nice enough until Bezos and his brethren start making some real sacrifices.
Reconciliation anxiety.
Yes, it's insane, but. There's 2-3 more reconciliation options coming in 2023. Anything that contributes to Democratic victories in 2022 contributes to making the programs permanent. Most important...
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 13, 2021
And I've said it before, but please remember that the GOP has been unable to get rid of Affordable Care Act. There are reasons for that. They should apply to universal day care and pre-K, medicare improvement, and higher taxes on the wealthiest. Pass them! Dare GOP to trash them!
— Ghastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) October 13, 2021
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